Tuesday, April 19, 2011

cheapest lamp embellishment stand

Ok this may not be an ideal way to create an embellishment stand but I promise it's the cheapest. First I went to our community wide garage sale a couple of weeks ago and searched for a lamp that was tallish and thin. Next I looked for a good sized lampshade. I pulled the cord and bulb holder parts out and put the shade on top of the stand and then rigged it so that the fennial would stay on top. I spray painted the whole thing white and attached my embellishments with paperclips. Not that I had planned on the paperclips. Ideally I was going to get the nice clips from Joanns but I tried 2 JoAnns and neither had any. Michaels and Hob Lob don't carry them... so I had no choice. You know I am not a patient person so I would not be ordering online and waiting for them to get here. LOL!

I got the lamp for $4, the shade for $3, the Krylon paint was in the garage but I think they are usually about $4, and I found the paperclips in Dh's desk :). So yeah, I paid $7 total and this thing works pretty darn well. Figaro even slept next to it and did a little playing and it didn't fall over. Well, it hasn't fallen over yet.

39 comments:

AMAZINGLY simple idea!!!! I was trying to think of something like this, but just kept thinking how I could make a lazy susan work. DUH thanks for getting me over my brain fart!! and thanks for sharing.

WOW! Just. WOW! I am SO dang impressed. SO much cheaper than clip it up- and much cuter too! And if you really wanted- you could just buy the clips from an office supply place too but the paperclips are so much cheaper.

Oh girl thankyou for coming up with this and sharing it. Just couldn't make myself spend the money they want for those manufactured ones. I also shared your page in my craft room (Deb's Craft Room on fb. https://www.facebook.com/groups/108947625829800/